Villian or Hero?

[Sanacra]

Hmm. I'm not sure what you'd call what I'd be if I were to have super-powers. I would make it my mission to prevent the collateral damage so commonly caused by the typical super-fight. Preferably, my powers would be something along the lines of creating variably-sized Otiluke's Resiliant spheres, or pocket universes in which super-fights could be...fought...without risk of collateral damage. After establishing my skill in the area of damage-prevention, I would (attempt to) strike a deal with insurance companies, in which I would be paid a flat fee for preventing a super-fight in the area of that company's clients, for each building which might reasonably have sustained damage.(I would get nothing in the event that a building were damaged before I intervened) This fee would be less than the amount they would have had to pay if their clients' property had been destroyed.

Also, depending on the exact nature of my powers, I would accept contracts from superheros/villains wishing to set up a fight pre-designed to their liking, but I would be sure to establish a reputation for being able to defend myself, so as to prevent schemes to exploit my powers without paying me.

So yeah, I guess I'd be a super-opportunist. Unless I felt like doing something different that day. Whatever.

[RedScar]

I personly have to say that whatever powers I got would greatly affect my awanswer. If I could fly, you know I'm not really built for the hero sorta thing it still just a fist fight excpt I'm in the air.

If it's super strength then I'd probally never use it as I don't like to do bussiness that way but would us it for hleping my self.

It is was superspeed then, well that's just awasome. I won't become a Sonic but i would be a Shadow. I'd just use it for fun.

If it was invisbilty I would steal stuff probally. You know you have to make a living, this way is just easyier. And I can't belive this hasn't been mentioed for invisbilty but what about the locker room? If i could have no one see me I'd be in the girls locker room. And I know some of you other guys would do it too. Don't lie.

It Depends on the power.

[CheshireThief]

I would be a superhero in the eyes of the public, but to anyone who looked close enough, I'd really just be a super coward.

I would take the world by storm, flaunting my superpowers and telling the press how great I am for standing on the side of justice. When people heard my name, it would cause them to feel proud they were human. The tales of my exploits against evil would grow and evolve until, eventually, people would believe I did so many great things that, in fact, never took place at all.

The media would hype up some kind of great catastrophe that was only prevented from happening because I was present, generally weekly. They would ask me to give a speech, where I'd generally give generic advice along the lines of, "Well, I just happened to be there and the right thing had to be done. Kids, eat your vegetables, and you can grow up to be just like me! Justice always reigns supreme!" However, whatever event the media witnessed was most likely staged or a simple misconceived good deed due to their undying love for me.

Not that my powers weren't real or anything like that. I'd publicly display my powers whenever I felt necessary, so that I was at least credible as to calling myself a superhero. People would think I had way more powers than I actually did because I'd really only have one power. The only reason it gets noticed is because it's the only power that matters. My superpower would be the power to have whatever superpower was needed for the given situation. For showing off to the press, this would generally mean flashy powers like super speed or flight or perhaps even super strength. That's how it would seem, at least. In fact, it would be the power to give everyone present hallucinations to make them believe that's what was going on. Either way, for the purpose of impressing the people, it would work.

Whenever a major crisis would really happen (instead of being staged), I would somehow manage to not be there. Like if a group of terrorists were holding Chicago ransom, I would just happen to be in Cairo, saving the world from ancient mummies that have come back to life with their minds bent on revenge. If my arch-nemesis showed up in town, I'd be in Tokyo, saving the world from Godzilla. Nobody would ever catch on because they'd think the crisis I was "saving" the world from was at least as dire as the crisis currently going on. The media would put out ads that said, "Maybe next time!" or "If only these bad things didn't come in twos!"

Eventually, the guilt of knowing that I was a fraud would catch up with me. I'd go into a slump, refusing to publicly display my powers. I'd end up drinking my life away, telling everyone around me in a drunken stupor that I was a big fake. They'd all try to console me by saying things like, "What about that time you saved the world from Godzilla?" to which I'd respond by crying and trying to tell them that I never saved the world from Godzilla. This would cause everyone to think I had a drinking problem and needed psychiatric help because I was obviously forgetting very important events in life. Eventually, I would not manage to escape my arch-nemesis and make up a convincing story as to where I was and what I was saving, and said arch-nemesis would humiliate me in front of the entire world, but not killing me.

From that point on, everyone would think I was a big has-been and that I was nothing like the way I used to be. Some new hot-shot superhero would come along, and he'd save the day all the time. I would die lonely with no friends, probably by drinking myself to death. Such is the life of a celebrity superhero who never really does save the world. A few people would come to my funeral, and Fox may cover it in a brief ten-minute news segment, but nobody would really care. In ten years' time, my super-exploits would merely be a footnote in a middle school history book.

[Lockeownzj00]

I would use Google to find a city at random and then use my powers to hurl an asteroid at it at mach 10.

Hahaha--golden.

In other news:

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[Red Fighter 1073]

i would definetely be a villain. atleast in video games, i always have the urge to do the wrong thing. the evil thing. also, please do remember that the hero doesnt ALWAYS win.

and i couldnt resist..MUAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

[Skyshot]

I'd probably keep doing what I was doing, especially if I had powers I could keep unnoticed. Chances are, I'd use them just for my own convenience just like I do with everything else I have, such as slighty above average* math and language skills. They're not for evil or for good.

Exception: If my powers were more along the lines of Beast or the Thing, I'd go on a murder rampage.

*Nothing to do with SAAM.

[gurusloth]

If I got to pick my powers, then I'd probably be neither, as the powers I'd pick would be ones that would make me an assload of money so I wouldn't have to work anymore. Like being able to shoot a pressurized blast of high-quality crude oil out of my hands. Or the power to alter probability when gambling so I could win the lottery and whip ass at roulette.

If I didn't get to pick my powers, I guess it would depend on the powers, but I'd probably not be a hero, because it seems like a lot of work. The hero has to fight every issue/episode, but any given villain only has to show up once and a while. I'd try to be villainous towards people who deserve to get screwed, though.

[RedScar]

You know I've decied unless I'm practilly invinceible I never want to be a hero. I mean they always have to deal with all the villans. I mean the villans come looking for them as where unless it fits into the plotline(which does't exist in life) the hero doesn't look for the villan. Well unless you like a sucky unknow sorta hero.

[Chaotic Weirdo]

I have the will, but I just don't have the capacity for evil....


*gets mobbed by idiots*

Then again......

I do like blowing things up......


Yes, I would be evil. Just to see the idiots suffer. I must wreak havoc upon all those Media Zombies. I must cleanse the earth of their plauge!

[The_Bear]

No way I could be a villain. Hero all the way for me. Preferably with the power of time travel, even though it would always blow up in my face. "Well, I stopped Evil Overlord Dremont from ever being born and now I'm back in good ol....WHAT THE CHEESE? TERMITE OVERLORDS?!?!??!?!" On second thought, scratch that. Screwing with time never works out. My new superpower of preference teleportation.

But I wouldn't be one of those goody-goody Superman-esqe heroes. I would demand cash payment upfront before any heroic deeds go down. I would also voice my own opinions. I would join causes many would consider unethical, such as the the "Stop Complaining and Do Something About It" awareness program and the "Old People Shouldn't Drive" commision. Screw neutrality, I have my needs too! Some would love me, some would hate me, but average people need me to defeat the plethora of bad guys out there, so they really have no choice.